Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
School of Nursing, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Trials. 2022 Feb 14;23(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06069-3.
Although progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of HIV in China, there are still a considerable number of new infections annually, especially in older men. HIV health education for older men is urgently needed. Evidence-based, acceptable, and scalable interventions are urgently needed to increase their capacity to prevent HIV. We describe a trial protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief video-based intervention targeting older men's knowledge of HIV prevention.
This study is a randomized controlled trial. The trial will be held in the residents' activity centers of three communities.
A total of 450 older men will be randomly divided into three groups (Sunset Without AIDS intervention group and two control groups) for 2 weeks. We will assess the feasibility and acceptability of intervention through interviews. The primary outcome includes changes in participants' knowledge related to AIDS after 2 weeks intervention and 1, 3, and 6 months of follow-up. The secondary outcomes, e.g., changes in participants' stigma attitude, risk behaviors attitude, and risk behaviors related to AIDS, will be respectively assessed 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after the second intervention.
Sunset Without AIDS may be an innovative way to help older men improve HIV prevention knowledge, fill the gap in video-based HIV prevention education for the older men in China, and gain experience of HIV education. This project will innovate the HIV education ideas of older men and enrich the theoretical research content of AIDS-related education of older men. The findings may also provide the basis for the research and formulation of more reasonable AIDS education strategies, prevention, and control policies for the elderly.
Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR2100045708 . Registered on 23 April 2021.
尽管中国在 HIV 预防和治疗方面取得了进展，但每年仍有相当数量的新感染病例，尤其是老年男性。迫切需要对老年男性进行 HIV 健康教育。迫切需要基于证据、可接受和可扩展的干预措施，以提高他们预防 HIV 的能力。我们描述了一项试验方案，以评估针对老年男性 HIV 预防知识的简短基于视频的干预措施的有效性。
本研究为随机对照试验。试验将在三个社区的居民活动中心进行。
将 450 名老年男性随机分为三组（无艾滋病日落干预组和两组对照组），进行为期 2 周的干预。我们将通过访谈评估干预的可行性和可接受性。主要结局包括干预后 2 周及 1、3 和 6 个月随访时参与者与艾滋病相关的知识变化。次要结局，如参与者的污名态度、风险行为态度和与艾滋病相关的风险行为变化，将分别在第二次干预后 2 周、1 个月、3 个月和 6 个月进行评估。
无艾滋病日落可能是一种帮助老年男性提高 HIV 预防知识的创新方式，填补了中国针对老年男性的基于视频的 HIV 预防教育空白，并为 HIV 教育积累经验。该项目将创新老年男性的 HIV 教育理念，丰富老年男性艾滋病相关教育的理论研究内容。研究结果也可能为更合理的老年人艾滋病教育策略、预防和控制政策的研究和制定提供依据。
中国临床试验注册中心 ChiCTR2100045708。注册于 2021 年 4 月 23 日。
